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The motion was unanimously adopted by a rising vote, and the 

 President appointed as that Committee, Ex-President James F. C. 

 Hyde, O. B. Hadwen, C. H. B. Breck, John C. Hovey, and E. W. 

 Wood. 



William C. Strong said that there seemed to be a strange fatal- 

 ity among the officers of this Society ; within three years a Presi- 

 dent and four Ex-Presidents had died. Only a fortnight ago he 

 called on Ex-President Hove}', and was glad to find him better 

 than he had expected to. Mr. Hovey then spoke most kindly of 

 the Society and of the members. Mr. Strong closed by moving 

 that a Committee of five be appointed by the Chair to prepare a 

 memorial of Ex-President Hovey. 



This motion also was unanimously adopted by a rising vote, and 

 Ex-President William C. Strong, William H. Spooner, Charles L. 

 Flint, Col. Henry Wilson, and Robert Manning, were appointed 

 as the Committee. 



Col. Henry W. Wilson moved that the officers of the Society, 

 with ten other members to be appointed by the Chair, be a Com- 

 mittee to represent the Society at the funeral of Ex-President 

 Hovey the next day. This motion was unanimously carried, and 

 the chair appointed the Ex-Presidents, 



James F. C. Hyde, William C. Strong, 



Francis Parkman, 

 and the following members : 



H. H. Hunnewell, Henry Wilson, 



Charles L. Flint, O. B. Hadwen, 



E. W. Wood, Patrick Norton, 



Charles N. Brackett. 



Mr. Strong, as Chairman of the Committee to nominate candi- 

 dates for officers and standing committees for the next year, 

 reported a list, which was accepted. It was voted that the Com- 

 mittee be continued and requested to nominate candidates in place 

 of any who might decline before the election. 



Col. Wilson, as Chairman of the Committee appointed to pro- 

 cure portraits of Hon. Francis B. Hayes and John B. Moore, to 

 continue the series of portraits of the Presidents of the Society, 

 made a concluding statement that they had attended to that duty. 

 There was some delay in obtaining the portrait of President Hayes, 



